was deceitful (verb) pretend: fake, falsify
Detalii: portend means to indicate (events, misfortunes, etc.) as in future or to foreshadow or to bode; pretend means to make believe with the intent to deceive or to give a false appearance of
Sinonime: act,
affect,
allege,
assume, be deceitful, be hypocritical,
beguile,
bluff,
cheat,
claim, claim falsely,
counterfeit, cozen,
deceive,
delude, dissemble, dissimulate,
dupe, fake out,
feign,
fish*,
fool, fudge,
hoodwink*, impersonate, jazz, jive, lay claim, let on, make out, malinger,
masquerade,
mislead, pass off, pass oneself off as,
profess,
purport,
put on*, put up a front,
sham*, shuck and jive,
simulate, stonewall, sucker, whitewash
Antonime: tell truth